The Brobdignag Bonnets of Blue. A Parody

The Brobdignag Bonnets of Blue. A Parody

Here's health to the ladies at hame,
Here's health to the ladies awa'
And wha winna pledge it wi' a' their soul
May they ne'er be smiled on at a'.
It's guid to be pretty and fair,
It's guid to be smilin' like you;
It's guid to be stealin' the gentlemen's hearts
But na by broad bonnets of blue,
Awa' wi those bonnets of blue,
Those Brobdignag bonnets of blue,
It's guid to be stealin' the gentlemen's hearts;
But na by sic bonnets of blue.

Here's health to the bright eyes at hame,
Here's health to the bright eyes awa',
Here's health to the beauties of every clime;
But na to their bonnets at a'
I've a bracelet for her wha is wed,
For the maiden --- a sweet billet-doux:
Dear darlings, I'd give'm whate `er they might ask, -
Except a broad bonnet of blue.
Then hence wi' those bonnets of blue,
Those Brobdignag bonnets of blue!
Oh! bright eyes beam brighter from bonnets when sma',
Than hid by broad bonnets of blue.

Unattributed

2:11, p. 86

1828.06.06

From the London Mirror, for March 1828